Grain-binding harvester.



No. 737,986. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903. W. N. WHITBLYI.

GRAIN BINDING HARVESTER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1901.

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W. N. WHITELY.

GRAIN BINDING HARVESTER.

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WILLIAM N. \VIII'IELY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OIIIO.

GRAIN-BINDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,986, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed May 27, 1901.

T0 (tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. WHITELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 153 EastHigh street,Springlield,in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Binding Harvesters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, Which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to harvestingmachines; and my improvement consists chiefly in a new system of cog-toothed gearing for operating the lower elevator belt, the upper-elevator belt, the reeling mechanism, the grain-rake mechanism located at the inner end of the cutting apparatus, the butt-adjuster mechanism located over the binderdeck, and the stripping-roller located between the upper end of the lower elevator and the binder-deck.

Three gears supported upon the upper rear end of the lower elevator and driven by the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator to space the right distance and rotate the stripping-roller in the proper direction have been used. Sometimes a short sprocket chain driven from a sprocket-wheel located on the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator running onto a similar sprocket-wheel on the strippingroller is used. These devices were cumbersome and complicated and added additional parts to the construction of the machine.

One object of my invention is to simplify the construction of harvesting-machines by using fewer parts to accomplish the desired object. I attain this object by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in

. which- Serial No. 62,149. (No model.)

binder mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail of the single-piece metallic boX and system of cogtoothed gears located thereon for driving the three rollers, reel-driving shaft, and grainrake shaft. Fig. 4 is a detail plan of the three cog-toothed gears. Fig. 5 is a detail of the combined spur-wheeland bevel-pinion for the stripping-roller shaft. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the single-piece metallic box.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

In Fig.1, aindicates the cutting apparatus; of, the grain-divider; a the horizontal grainconveying belt; (t the reel; 0, the elevator; a, the binder-deck; a the grain-rake located at the inner front end of the cutting apparatus; a aswinging link connection between the grain-rake and elevator-framing; a, the grain rake driving crank; a the binder mechanism.

In Fig. 2 is shown'a link belt 5, driven by the sprocket-Wheel Z) and running over the tightener sprocket-wheel b and around the sprocket-wheel b which gives motion to the horizontal grain-conveying belt of, thence upward to the sprocket-wheel b secured to the rear end of the upper-roller shaft b of the lower elevator, thence to the sprocket-wheel b, which communicates motion to the binder mechanism.

At the top of the front elevator side a is secured a single-piece metallic box 0, which forms a support for the front end of the elevator roller-shaft 17 To the forward end of said roller-shaft is secured a combined cogged toothed spur-wheel and bevel-pinion c, which engages the double-faced cogged toothed spurwheel 0 rigidly secured to the forward end of the upper-roller shaft 0 of the upper elevator, the forward end of said roller-shaft mounted in and supported by the single-piece metallic box 0. The forward end of the stripping-roller shaft 0 is also mounted in and on the rearward end of the roller-shaft 12 m0- t-ion is transmitted to the cog-toothed spur gear-wheel c, which rotates the cog-toothed spur gear-wheel 0 located on the upperroller shaft 0 of the upper elevator. The cog-toothed spur-gear 0 being double-faced engages with and communicates motion to the cog-toothed spur-wheel 0 secured to the forward end of the stripping-roller shaft,which completes the driving mechanism for the two upper rollers, for the upper and lower elevators, and the stripping-roller.

The cog-toothed spur gear-wheel c has formed thereon a cog-toothed bevel-pinion d,

' (the same as the cog-toothed spur gear-wheel 0 shown in Fig. 5,) which engages the cogtoothed bevel-wheel d, secured to the upper end of the reel and grain-rake rotary driving-shaft (1 Figs. 1 to 3. Said shaft is held in proper working position by the bearing d formed upon and made a part of the single-piece metallic box 0, thus completing the reel driving and grain-rake mechanism.

The lower end of the reel and grain-rake rotary driving-shaft d? is universally pivotally connected to the toothed sprocket-wheel 0 secured to the grain-rake driving cranked shaft a communicating motion to the reel, said shaft passing through the bracket d which is secured to the elevator-framing, said bracket forming a support for the reel-post d and the grain-rake driving cranked shaft (1 To the grainward end of the cranked shaft a is pivotally secured the grain-rake a To the upper end of said grain-rake is pivotally secured a swinging link a the rearward end of said link pivotally connected to the elevator-framing.

The cog-toothed spur gear-wheel 0 (shown in Fig. 5) is also provided with a cog-toothed bevel-pinion (:1 located thereon, which engages with and rotates the bevel-wheel d secured to the lower end of the butt-adjuster driving-shaft 01 said shaft passing upward through the bearing (1 which is formed upon the single-piece metallic box 0. To the upper end of said shaft 61 is secured a bevelpinion (1 which engages with and rotates the butt-adjuster crank-shaft driving-gear (Z Fig. 1, thereby transmitting motion to the grain-butt-adjuster mechanism (Z At the extreme front end of the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator is located a combined cog-toothed spur-wheel and bevel-pinion c', the spur cog-toothed portion of said wheel engaging with and driving a cog-toothed spur-wheel 0 having a double-width face secured to the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator, thereby transmitting motion to the upper-roller shaftof the upper elevator, rotating the upper roller of the upper elevator in the right direction. The bevel cog-toothed portion of said combined cog-toothed gear spur-wheel and bevel-pinion c engages a bevel-Wheel (1, located on the upper end of a rotary driving-shaft, which transmits motion to the reeling mechanism and grain-rake right direction and spacing the several rollers at the proper distance apart, the bevel cog-toothed portion of said spur-wheel and bevel-pinion c engaging a cog-toothed bevelwheel d secured to the lower end of the buttadjuster shaft d thereby communicating motion to the grain-butt-adjuster mechanism (Z located over the forward end of the binderdeck.

It will be observed that by this construction there are three centers for the two elevator-shafts and the strippingroller shaft, said shafts having bearings at their forward ends in asingle-piece metallic box a, secured to the front end of the elevator-framing at its upper end. The roller-shafts being long and provided with fixed centers, they are easily kept in proper working relation to each other, and no intermediate gears or chain-tightening mechanism is required to give the three rollershafts the proper motion and rotate them in the right direction.

By this cog-toothed gear system a lighter, cheaper, and a more convenient and compact construction is attained for driving the upper rollers of the upper and lower elevators, the stripping-roller, the grain-rake, the buttadjuster, and reeling mechanism.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a pair of grain-elevator belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a strippingroller located between the upper end of the lower elevator and the binder-deck, its upper face about the plane of the binder-deck forming a moving bridge between the upper end of the lower-elevator belt and the binder-deck, a butt-adjuster mechanism located over the forward part of the binder-deck and deriving its motion from the forward end of one of said grain-moving rollers, a reeling mechanism, a driving-chain located on the rearward part of the machine, a sprocket-wheel mounted upon the rear end of the upper-roller shaft of the lower-elevator belt and driven by saidchain communicating motion to the elevator-belts, reeling mechanism, stripping-roller and buttadjuster; a double cog-toothed gear-wheel located upon the forward end of the upperroller shaft of the lower elevator, one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gearwheel, communicating motion to the reeling mechanism, a cog-toothed gear-wheel mounted upon the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper-elevator belt and intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel, a cog-toothed gear-wheel located upon the forward end of the stripping-roller shaft and directly intermeshing with the cog-toothed gear-wheel located upon the forward end of the upperroller shaft of the upper elevator, rotating said stripping-roller shaft in an opposite direction.

2. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a horizontal grain-conveying belt, a pair of grain-elevating belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a stripping-roller located between the upperend of thelowerelevator and. binder-deck, a main driving sprocketwheel located upon the rearward portion of the harvester part of the machine, one continuous drive-chain driven by said sprocket wheel and located on the rearward portion of the machine,which chain directly operates the horizontal grain-conveying belt, the binder mechanism and lower-elevator belt; the upper-roller shaft of said lower-elevator belt extending forward to the front end of the machine and-having a double cog-toothed gearwheel secured to its forward end, a verticallyinolined rotary driving-shaft for the reel and grain-rake mechanism secured to the forward portion of the elevator, a cog-toothed gearwheel located on the upper end of said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft and directlyintermeshing with one series of cogteeth of said double cogtoothed gear-wheel located on the forward end of said upper-roller shaft of thelowerelevator to communicate motion to the reeling mechanism, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with the otherseries of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel and located on the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator rotating said roller-shaft in the opposite direction, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly meshing with said wheel on the forward end of the upper shaft of the upper elevator and secured to the forward end of the stripping-roller shaft and rotating said str-ipping-rollerin the same direction as the upper roller of the lower ele- Y vator.

3. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a horizontal grain-conveying belt, a pair of grain-elevating belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a stripping-roller lo cated between the upper end of the lower elevator and binder-deck, a reeling mechanism, a grain-rake mechanism located at the inner front corner of the cutting apparatus, a main driving sprocket-wheel located upon the rearward portion of the harvester part of the machine, one continuous drive-chain located on the rearward portion of the rnachine and driven by said sprocket-wheel, which chain directly communicates motion to' the horizontal grain-conveying belt, the binder mechanism and lowerelevator belt;

the upper-roller shaft of said lowerelevator belt extending forward to the front part of the machine and having a double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to its forward end, a vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator for the reel and grain-rake mechanism, a cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the upper end of said vertically-inclined shaft and directly intermeshing with one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the forward end of said upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator to communicate motion to the reeling mechanism and said grain-rake mechanism, a cog-to0thed gear-wheel located upon the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator and directly intermesh'ing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gearwheel located on the forward end of said upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator, a cogtoothed gear-wheel mounted upon said stripping-roller shaft and directly intermeshing with the cog-toothed gear-wheel located upon the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator to rotate said strippingroller in the same direction as the upper roller of the lower elevator.

4. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a horizontal grain-conveying belt, a pair of grain-elevating belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a stripping-rollerlocated between the upper end of the lower elevator and binder-deck, a reeling mechanism, a butt-adjuster mechanism located and operating over the forward end of the binderdeck, a main driving sprocket-wheel located on the rearward part of the harvester, one continuous drive-chain driven by said sprocketwheel and located on the rearward portion ofthe machine, which chain directly communicates motion to the horizontal grainconveying belt, the binder mechanism and lower-elevator belt; the upper-roller shaft of said lower-elevator belt extending forward to the front of the machine and having a double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to its forward end, a vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaftfor the reel secured to the forward portion of the elevator, a grain-rake mechanism connected to and operated by said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft, a cogtoothed gear-wheel located on the upper end.

of said vertically-inclined shaft and directly intermeshing with one series of cog-teeth of ICC said double cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the forward end of said upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator and communicating motion to the reeling mechanism, a cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator and directly intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel rotating said roller-shaft in an opposite direction, a double cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the forward end of said strippingroller shaft and directly meshing with said wheel located on the forward end of the upper shaft of the upper elevator, rotating said stripping-roller in the same direction as the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator, a cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the lower end of said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft and intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gearwheel to drive the butt-adjuster mechanism.

5; In a grain -binding harvester, in combination, a horizontal grain-conveying belt, a pair of grain-elevating belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a stripping-roller located between the upper end of the lower elevator and binder-deck, a reeling mechanism, a grain-rake mechanism located at the inner front corner of the cutting apparatus, a buttadjuster mechanism located over the forward end of the binder deck, a main driving sprocket-wheel located on the rearward portion of the harvester part of the machine, one continuous drive-chain located on the rearward part of the machine and driven by said sprocket-wheel, which chain communicates motion to the horizontal grain conveying belt, binder mechanism and lower-elevator belt; the upper-roller shaft of said lower-elevator belt extending forward to the front of the machine and having a double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to the forward end of said shaft, a vertically-inclined rotary shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator, a cogtoothed gear-wheel secured to the upper end of said shaft and directly intermeshing with one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator, the reeling and grain-rake mechanism being operated by said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel and located on the forward end of the upperroller shaft of the upper elevator rotating said upper-roller shaft in an opposite direction, a double cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with said wheel on the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator and secured to the forward end of said stripping-roller shaft, rotating said strippingroller in the same direction as the upper roller ,of the lower elevator, a vertically-inclined revolving shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel on said stripping-roller shaft and secured to the lower end of said vertically-inclined revolving shaft to drive said butt adjuster mechanism.

6. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a horizontal grain-conveying belt, a pair of grain -elev ating belts, a strippingroller, a grain-rake mechanism located at the inner front corner of the cutting apparatus, a main driving sprocket-wheel located on the rearward portion of the harvester part of the machine, one continuous drive-chain driven by said sprocket-wheel and located on the rearward portion of the machine, which chain directly operates the horizontal grain-conveying belt, the grain-elevating belts and binder mechanism; the upper-roller shaft of said lower elevator extending forward to the front of the machine and having a double cogtoothed gear-wheel secured to its forward end,

a vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator and communicating motion to said grain-rake mechanism, a cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to the upper end of said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft and directly inter-meshing with one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to the for- Ward end of said upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator, a grain-rake and reel-driving crank, its stubbleward end universally pivotally connected to said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft.

7. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a horizontal grain-conveying belt, a pair of grain-elevating belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a stripping-roller located between the upper end of the lower elevator and binder-deck, a reeling mechanism, a butt-adjuster mechanism located over, the forward portion of the binder-deck to move the butts of the grain binderward, a main driving sprocket-wheel located on the rearward portion of the harvester part of the machine, one continuous drive-chain directly driven by said sprocket-wheel and located on the rearward portion of the machine, which chain directly operates the horizontal grainconveying belt, the binder mechanism and lower-elevator belt; the upper-roller shaft of the lower-elevator belt extending forward to the front of the machine and having a double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to its forward end, one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with a cog-toothed gear-wheel located upon the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator, rotating said shaft in an opposite direction from that of said upperroller shaft of the lower elevator, a rotary vertically-inclined driving-shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator, a cogtoothed gear-wheel directly iutermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cogtoothed gear-wheel and located upon the upper end of said rotary verticallyinclined driving-shaft to communicate motion to the reel mechanism, a double cog-toothed gearwheel directly meshing with said cog-toothed gear-wheel on the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator and secured to the forward end of said stripping-roller shaft, rotating said stripping-roller in the same direction as the upper roller of the lower elevator, a vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator,

a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel and located on the lower end of said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft communicating motion to said butt-adjuster mechanism.

8. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination a pair of grain-elevating belts, a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the elevator and binder mechanism, a strippingroller located between the upper end of the lower elevator and binder-deck, a reeling mechanism, a grain-rake mechanism located at the inner front corner of the cutting'apparatus; the upper-roller shaft of said lowerelevator belt extending forward to the front of the machine and having a double cogtoothed gear-wheel secured to its forward end, a Vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator to communicate motion to the reeling and grain-rake mechanism, a cog-toothed gearwheel secured to the upper end of said rotary driving-shaft and directly intermeshing with one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to the forward end of said upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator, a grain-rake and reel-driving crank, its grainward end pivotally connected to said grain-rake mechanism, its stubbleward end universally pivotally connected to said vertically-inclined rotary driving-shaft, a cogtoothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cogtoothed gear-wheel and located on the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator, rotating said roller-shaft in an opposite direction, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with said wheel on the forward end of the upper shaft of the upper elevator and secured to the forward end of said stripping-roller shaft, rotating said stripping-roller in the same direction as the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator.

9. In a grain-binding harvester, in combination, a pair of grain-elevatingbelts,a binder mechanism, a binder-deck between the ele- I vator and hinder mechanism, a strippingroller located between the upper end of the lower elevator and binder-deck, a grain-reeling mechanism, a butt-adjuster mechanism located and operating over the forward end of the binder-deck to move the butts of the grain binder-ward; the upper-roller shaft of said lower-elevator belt extending forward to the front part ofthe machine and having a double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to its forward end, a cog-toothed gear-wheel located on the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the upper elevator, and directly intermeshing with one series of cog-teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-wheel secured to the forward end of the upper-roller shaft of the lower elevator, communicating motion to said shaft and rotating same in an oppo site direction from said upper roller of the lower elevator, a vertically-inclined rotary shaft secured to the forward portion of the elevator, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly intermeshing with the other series of teeth of said double cog-toothed gear-Wheel and located on the upper end of said verticallyinclined rotary shaft to communicate motion to the grain-reeling mechanism, a cog-toothed gear-wheel directly meshing with said wheel on the forward end of the upper shaft of the upper elevator and secured to'the forward end of said stripping-roller shaft, rotating said stripping-roller in the same direction as the upper roller of the lower elevator, said mechanism forminga three-center cog-toothed gear system located on the forward upper portion of the elevators and operated Without the necessity of the intervention of other gearing on other centers to produce the desired motion to the parts referred to.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

WILLIAM N. /VHITELY. 'Witnesses:

JOHN L. GILLIGAN, ROBERT WEISKOTTEN. 

